How fast can a falcon dive? : fascinating answers to questions about birds of prey / Peter Capainolo and Carol A. Butler.

By:

Capainolo, Peter, 1959- [author.]

Contributor(s):

Butler, Carol A, 1943- [author.]

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Animal Q & APublication details: New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, ©2010.Description: 1 online resource (xiii, 219 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (some color)Content type:

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9780813550329
0813550327
1283865718
9781283865715

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: How fast can a falcon dive?DDC classification:

598.9 22

LOC classification:

QL677.78 .C37 2010eb

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Contents:

Raptor basics -- Raptor bodies -- Raptor behavior -- Raptor reproduction -- Dangers and defenses -- Raptor husbandry -- Taming and training -- Raptors and people -- Research and conservation.

Summary: How Fast Can a Falcon Dive? explores the world of raptors in a way that will appeal to bird lovers and biology enthusiasts alike. In a reader friendly question and answer format, and complete with more than fifty-five color and black and white images, ornithologist Peter Capainolo and science writer Carol A. Butler define and classify raptors, explore the physical attributes of birds of prey, view how their bodies work, and explain the social and physical behaviors of these species-how they communicate, hunt, reproduce, and more.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-288) and index.

Raptor basics -- Raptor bodies -- Raptor behavior -- Raptor reproduction -- Dangers and defenses -- Raptor husbandry -- Taming and training -- Raptors and people -- Research and conservation.

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How Fast Can a Falcon Dive? explores the world of raptors in a way that will appeal to bird lovers and biology enthusiasts alike. In a reader friendly question and answer format, and complete with more than fifty-five color and black and white images, ornithologist Peter Capainolo and science writer Carol A. Butler define and classify raptors, explore the physical attributes of birds of prey, view how their bodies work, and explain the social and physical behaviors of these species-how they communicate, hunt, reproduce, and more.

English.

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